Chapter 128 The Suspicious Queen
At midnight,
After the most gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the dusk blue sky, the palace, which had been noisy all day, gradually became quiet.
Song Zhao took out his pipa and played a solo piece called "Xiang Fei Yuan".
Her piano skills were already very proficient, but today when she played, she made many mistakes, which showed that she was in a bad mood.
This unpleasant piano sound happened to be heard by Xiao Jingheng who arrived late.
At that time, the imperial attendant unlocked the door of the west side hall of Yaohua Palace.
When Yunshan saw Xiao Jingheng, he immediately bowed and greeted him. When Xiao Jingheng heard the sound of piano from the inner bedroom, he asked Yunshan to leave first and stood alone outside the door to listen to the whole song.
Later, when the song ended, he vaguely heard the woman sobbing, and immediately pushed the door open and walked in.
In the bedroom, Song Zhao was holding a pipa, crying quietly under the dim candlelight.
"Zhao'er."
Hearing someone calling her, Song Zhao suddenly raised her head and looked towards the door.
The moment when Po Su's tearful eyes met Xiao Jingheng's burning gaze,
At first, she couldn't hide her surprise, but soon suppressed the emotion, put down her pipa, and bowed respectfully to Xiao Jingheng.
"May the Emperor be blessed with good health."
"I have said that you do not need to perform formalities when meeting me in private."
Xiao Jingheng strode towards her, but she stumbled back two steps in fear, leaning against the wall and biting her lips hard, looking extremely aggrieved with tears in her eyes.
"I am an unlucky person. Your Majesty, please don't get too close to me, lest you offend Your Majesty."
Her words pierced Xiao Jingheng's heart.
Without slowing down, he quickly came to Song Zhao's side and hugged her tightly in his arms.
"It's my fault for making you suffer."
At first, Song Zhao struggled a few times in his arms, but Xiao Jingheng's arms were strong, and it was impossible for a weak woman like her to break free easily.
Since he couldn't get away, Song Zhao simply sobbed quietly in Xiao Jingheng's arms, wanting to cry out all his grievances to him.
"I thought the Emperor also thought I was an unlucky person and would never pay attention to me again..."
"I have never believed in other people's lies, and I have never regarded Zhao'er as a disaster."
Xiao Jingheng wiped away her warm tears and said with great distress: "Now that the queen is pregnant, I cannot ignore what the Imperial Observatory said. But don't worry, I will only put you under house arrest temporarily, and it won't be for too long. Believe me, I will soon let you walk out of here openly and innocently."
Aboveboard?
Clean and innocent?
What is not fair about Song Zhao? What is not innocent about her? Why should anyone prove it?
This sounds really ridiculous.
But Song Zhao did not show any displeasure. Instead, he looked very touched and hugged Xiao Jingheng even tighter.
"As long as the emperor believes in me, I won't care about anything and won't feel wronged."
Later, when Song Zhao calmed down, Xiao Jingheng took her hand and sat her down on the bed.
Song Zhao leaned on Xiao Jingheng's shoulder and asked softly, "Why did the emperor come at this time?"
"I am concerned about your health. Xiao Yinzi said that you were coughing so hard that you even coughed up blood. How do you feel now?"
"It's just that he coughed too much and had some blood in his phlegm. I've already asked him not to tell the emperor, so why is he still..."
"I know you're afraid of me worrying, but I want to know everything about you, whether good or bad." Xiao Jingheng nodded and kissed Song Zhao on the forehead. "I have confined you, but I've always been thinking about you. Tonight at the New Year's Eve banquet, I looked around but didn't see you. I always felt empty in my heart, without any thoughts."
No thoughts at all?
Song Zhao could smell the alcohol on him.
If he really didn't have any feelings for her, he should have come to visit her early in the morning. Why did he have to wait until the party was over?
Prince An could lie, saying that he was drunk and took the opportunity to leave the table and ran to her to get the Tianji secret order.
It can be seen that if Xiao Jingheng had been interested, he should have come early in the morning.
However, from his perspective, it is already a rare opportunity for him to come here today.
Song Zhao knew very well that Xiao Jingheng had her in his heart, but she was not the only one.
So Song Zhao was not angry.
After all, she didn't have Jamel Xiao in her heart at all.
Compared with this, what is there for her to be angry about?
So she could still smile calmly and say flatteringly:
"Your Majesty is concerned about me, and I am the same."
After New Year’s Eve comes the first day of the new year. Tonight, Xiao Jingheng was supposed to stay in the Queen’s Palace.
So when he came to visit Song Zhao, he was destined not to stay long.
But Song Zhao had her own way and made Xiao Jingheng stay a little longer.
For example, when she was in his arms, her hands began to become restless, which aroused Xiao Jingheng's most primitive desire...
After the night of love, the quilt was soaked with sweat.
Song Zhao looked at the soiled quilt and said shyly:
"I have to moisten the sweaty areas with water first, otherwise the stains will dry and be difficult to wash out tomorrow."
Xiao Jingheng obviously wanted to be affectionate with her for a while, so he pulled her wrist and said, "If it's dirty, just throw it away. You don't have to worry about it."
"That won't do." Song Zhao pulled a corner of the quilt, as if he had obtained a treasure, and said with a smile: "Has the emperor forgotten? This quilt was given to me by the emperor when I was promoted to a concubine. Since it is a reward from the emperor, it is the emperor's love for me. Let alone losing it, even if it is a little damaged, I will be heartbroken."
Xiao Jingheng smiled, "You are the only one who is so serious."
"No way~" Song Zhao took a handkerchief and wet it with water. While cleaning the quilt, he said, "Everyone in the harem cherishes the emperor's kindness. Take the queen for example. The quilt she uses is the dragon and phoenix quilt she used when she married the emperor. She has always used it. Could it be that the emperor is also going to say that the queen is too serious?"
As Song Zhao spoke, he inadvertently sighed, "Thinking about it now, it's a good thing that when the fire broke out that day, the Empress was rescued by Eunuch Yan wrapped in a plain quilt. If she had been wearing a dragon and phoenix quilt and got burned by the fire, the Empress would have been heartbroken."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Originally, Xiao Jingheng had a warm smile on his face, but after hearing what Song Zhao said, his expression became visibly gloomy.
He analyzed privately:
Yan Jiude and Shuang Ruo, who were by the Queen's side that day, said that when they went in to rescue people during the fire, the Queen had already fainted in the room due to inhaling too much smoke and excessive heart palpitations.
In such an urgent situation at that time, they were only thinking about saving the queen. They would definitely take the dragon and phoenix quilt on the queen's bed, wet it with water, wrap the queen up, and rescue her.
It's impossible that at the critical moment of life and death, he would go back to the porch and get a plain quilt to rescue him?
so......
There was only one possibility for the Queen to be rescued that day wrapped in a plain blanket.
That is, she knew it early on.
That night, a fire that shocked all the other palaces would inevitably occur in Fengluan Palace...
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